Regardless of the U.N. weapons inspectors’ lack of evidence against Iraq, members of the ISU community say the United States will move forward in its campaign against the Middle Eastern country.

U.N. weapons inspectors have not found any proof of illegal chemical warheads, but requested more time to search further on Monday after presenting a 60-day progress report to the U.N. Security Council.

Hans Blix, chief U.N. weapons inspector, said Iraq has yet to prove they have destroyed large quantities of poison gas and anthrax.

He said the U.N. inspectors also need to look further into empty chemical warheads that were found recently in Baghdad.

President Bush is expected to voice his concerns about Iraq in his State of the Union address Tuesday night, but Bush administration officials said they doubted Iraq would disarm voluntarily.

Meanwhile, Secretary of State Colin Powell said he was not surprised about the inspectors’ findings, and warned that Saddam Hussein has “not much more time” to work with the U.N. inspectors.

Steffen Schmidt, university professor of political science, said he believes U.S. officials know where chemical weapons can be found in Iraq.

“I think there is a lot more there than the inspectors have found,” he said. Schmidt said he believes U.S. officials don’t want to just tell the U.N. inspectors where the illegal weapons are because then no change will come about.

“The U.S. wants Saddam to do that,” he said. “If he doesn’t, they’ll probably remove him.”

Schmidt said a lack of cooperation from Iraqi officials is making the U.N. inspectors’ jobs difficult.

“The weapons inspectors running around Iraq will never find them,” he said.

However, representatives from China, Russia and France said Monday that the U.N. search for weapons is far from over.

“The job has not been completed. We share the view of many that this process has not been completed and more time is needed,” said China’s deputy U.N. ambassador Zhang Yishan.

Jean-Marc de la Sabliere, France’s U.N. ambassador, said there was a sufficient amount of support from other countries to extend the U.N. search.

Robert Baum, associate professor of religious studies, said he believes Iraqi officials have been uncooperative with U.N. inspectors.

“My understanding is that the report says there’s no conclusive evidence that they’ve found [a smoking gun],” he said.

On Monday, Iraqi U.N. Ambassador Mohammed al-Douri defended his country.

“We open all doors to Mr. Blix and his team,” he said. “If there is something, he will find it. We have no hidden reports at all.”

Jeremy Jacobsen, U.S. Marine and sophomore in political science, said he doesn’t think the weapons inspectors’ reports affect the possibility of war in Iraq.

“I think either way, we were going to go [to war] anyway,” he said.

Jacobsen said he believes Bush is using the illegal weapons as an excuse to go to war.

Jacobsen said he and his fellow Marines will go to drill practice next weekend to inspect gear they have received throughout their military careers.

“They might allude to something [about when the U.S. will go to war] then,” he said.

— CNN and The Associated Press contributed to this story.